Speak in loud voice for end to conventional wars to prevent nuclear threat
Humanitarian crisis is at its peak as an aftermath of the wars in Middle East and between Russian & Ukraine. Despite the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas there is no…
Ukraine
Putin made Trump wait, then strung him along – it’s clear his war aims in Ukraine have not changed
US President Donald Trump’s phone call with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, didn’t take a tangible step towards ending the hostilities in Ukraine, let alone finding an enduring peace. Rather,…
War, Power, and Hegemony: The U.S. Strategy in Ukraine
The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict has resulted in nearly $300 billion in expenditures, over 150,000 lives lost, and the displacement of more than 10 million people, as reported by The Washington…
Gruesome Disinformation, Casualties of War
Sufficiently gruesome to learn of the casualties in the Ukraine/Russo war. More gruesome to learn that the statistics don’t reflect actuality and are only another weapon ─ humiliate the opponent…
Ukraine – The lost war
Ukraine and the US recently proposed a ceasefire agreement, but Russia has rejected it and offered an alternative proposal. Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that while he agrees with the…
Seize the Moment – End the War in Ukraine!
As the Trump administration engages in tentative peace talks with Russia and Ukraine, the Peace In Ukraine Coalition, comprising many and various U.S. peace groups, issued the following statement this week,…
Non-rational decisions of a few leaders, based on imaginary fears, threaten durable peace in Europe
Rational, evidence-based decision-making is the most basic quality that leaders of any country must possess and use, particularly in very important and sensitive times. Unfortunately in very important times some…
Myths and reality–How and Why A False Narrative on Ukraine was Created
At the time of the break-up of the Soviet Union and unification of Germany a promise was made at very high levels by representatives of the USA, Germany and others…
Is This the Beginning or the End of a New Cold War?
by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies Woman at rally supporting peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Berlin, Germany (Photo: Reuters) When European Union leaders met in Brussels…
Negotiating a Lasting Peace in Ukraine
There should be little doubt about how a lasting peace can be established in Ukraine. In April 2022, Russia and Ukraine were on the verge of signing a peace agreement…
Why Ending Ukraine War as Early as Possible Should Get Universal Support
The ongoing Ukraine-Russia War has been among the most tragic conflicts of recent times, in terms of the huge loss of life and other extreme human distress this has caused.…
What Are the Possibilities for Peace in Ukraine?
The whole thing is a fiasco. The theatrical drama in the White House’s Oval Office triggered a series of predictable responses around the world. Outrage at US President Donald Trump…
Righteous, Confused and Unwilling: Europe’s Ukrainian Predicament
There is something deeply moving about the ignorance and scatty nature of politicians. At points, it can even be endearing. In the apparently wide wake left by the mauling of…
Zelensky: Victim of Colosseum Politics
There was a revolting tabloid quality to the Oval Office reception given to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on February 28, but then again, President Donald Trump is a tabloid brute,…
The US-EU-NATO War on Russia, Using Ukraine as an instrument to balkanise Russia has failed
We are witnessing the very end of the so-called Ruled Based Order, or rather the end of the Non-Rules Based Disorder. The Empire of Chaos and Wars is now facing…
Paradox of Panicking as Peace Approaches
Normally there is a lot of stress in times of war, and even panic when things are going the wrong way. However recently what we have seen is a very…
Ukraine’s Critical Minerals, Plenty to Mettle With!
In his sudden haste to see Ukraine repay the US for the billions of dollars appropriated by Congress to the country in its war against Russian aggression, Donald Trump, aka…
Hold the Applause for Trump, the “Peacemaker”
There is history worth remembering as Trump is lauded in certain circles on the so-called “right” and “left” as a peacemaker with Russia over the US/NATO proxy war against Russia…
Mineral and Riviera Deals can never be A Substitute for Proper Peace Diplomacy
“The (Ukraine) war is all about money. People don’t talk much about it. But you know, the richest country in all of Europe for rare earth minerals is Ukraine. Two…
Ukraine War Should End Now Without Further Delay
Due to a number of circumstances the prospects of ending the Ukraine war very soon appear to have brightened rather suddenly. This moment should be seized. Once lost it may…
Trump Gives Peace a Chance in Ukraine
by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies As we approach the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a monumental shift is taking place that might just lead…
Pity the Poesy: Mark Rutte, NATO and Spending for War
Now men will go content with what we spoiled.Or, discontent, boil bloody, and be spilled. Wilfred Owen, “Strange Meeting” (1919) There have been politicians who have fancied themselves as poets. …
Ukrainian Neutrality Is Still the Key to Peace
by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies President-elect Trump said on January 9th that he is planning a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the war in Ukraine. He said…
Kiev plays games with Russian gas transit
Putin told the media after the talks, “Regardless of the war, our supplies were regular and we paid, and still pay… money for transit.” Actually, Ukraine gets $1 billion annually…
A defining moment in the Ukraine war
The Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a statement on Thursday regarding the two attacks by Western long-range weapons on Russian territory on November 19 and 21 and Moscow’s reactive strike on a facility…
From Genocide Joe to Omnicide Joe
President Biden has never wavered from approving huge arms shipments to Israel during more than 13 months of mass murder and deliberate starvation of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Biden’s crucial…
From Kennedy to Biden there has been a shocking decline in US policy’s regard for world peace and safety
62 years back a truly great President of the USA John Kennedy made a never-to-be-forgotten contribution to saving the world from nuclear war. Today an outgoing US President Joe Biden…
United States’ Diplomacy- Gaza & Ukraine Crises!
President Joe Biden hardly appears inclined to consider any diplomatic solution to what may be viewed as perhaps the conflicts being in essence only being escalated further by role played…
Ukraine reportedly fires UK Storm Shadow missiles into Russia for the first time
Storm Shadow missiles supplied by the UK were reported to have been used to target Russian territory for the first time on Wednesday. The strike took place just 24 hours…
Biden’s attempt to sabotage potential peace in Ukraine
Imagine that a presidential candidate and his team work very hard to win an election at least partially on the promise of ending a very dangerous war. They succeed, but…
A Peek into Putin’s Russia and the future of the war in Ukraine
A year before Yevgeny Prigozhin led his Wagner group of mercenaries in a mutiny against his patron President Putin in June 2023, a book came out in London revealing the …
The New York Times Attacks Tulsi Gabbard for the Wrong Reasons, 70% of People in U.S. Want Talks to End the War in Ukraine
In an attack piece worthy of a sensational tabloid, the New York Times is training its fire on Tulsi Gabbard, president-elect Trump’s nominee to be Director of National Intelligence. Notably, the…
Authorizing strikes deep inside Russia, NATO powers seek to provoke escalation of war
The authorization by the Biden administration for Ukraine to use US long-range weapons to strike deep inside Russian territory marks a new and dangerous escalation in the US-NATO war against…
Allowing Deep Strikes into Russia at a Time of Improving Peace Prospects Shows a Shocking Disregard for Human Life
The US election results have been widely seen to have improved the prospects for ending the Ukraine war sooner rather than later. Whatever happens ultimately—and we should not exaggerate the…
In a major escalation, Biden authorizes long-range strikes inside Russia
With less than two months remaining in his term, US President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use US long-range missiles to strike deep inside Russia, crossing a “red line”…
An independent platform is needed to articulate the best interests of Ukrainian people in difficult times
Ukraine’s people have experienced the most extreme distress in recent times, the kind of extreme distress that had not been since the Second World War. What is more, the future…
Two Leaders Entangled in Very Messy and Destructive Wars Are Suggesting Strongly—I Want a Bigger War
If a country is entangled in a destructive and messy war what is its leader most likely to say? In most cases the answer would be that the leader would…
Diplomacy at Crossroads: Gaza Genocide & Ukraine-War?
Diplomacy of several countries is placed at strange crossroads by continuity of wars in two regions- one is the Israel-Gaza-Lebanon war and the other is Ukraine conflict with Russia. Chances…
Zelenskyy Joins the US Election
Here he goes again, cap in hand, begging for the alms of war. Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been touring the United States, continuing his lengthy salesmanship for Ukraine’s ongoing military…
The Truth About Ukraine’s NATO Membership
The fact that some of the top Western diplomats and leaders and the overwhelming majority of people of Ukraine had opposed NATO membership should be better known As the Ukraine…
As US prepares to allow NATO weapons to strike Russia, Putin threatens nuclear retaliation
Amid ongoing high-level meetings between NATO leaders and Ukrainian officials at the United Nations over plans to allow Kiev to strike Russian cities with NATO weapons, Russian President Vladimir Putin…
A Nuclear War in Ukraine Is a Distinct Possibility
The war in Ukraine has been going on for 2.5 years with no end on sight. Not only that, but we are now close to a nuclear war, according to…
Massive explosion at Russian arms depot leaves unanswered questions
A sprawling, highly fortified Russian arms depot located north of Moscow exploded in a giant fireball Wednesday night, against the backdrop of an escalating media and political campaign demanding that…
The biggest priority today must be to avoid the third world war and a nuclear war
In recent days the chances of a direct war between Russia and NATO/USA have increased like never before since the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. This has happened due to…
Demonization of Putin’s Leadership of Russia is A Big Hurdle in the Path of Peace
If anyone wants to identify the most aggressive country during the 21st century so far, then this can be done most easily by finding out which country’s wars have been…
NATO’s top military officer calls for NATO weapons strikes deep inside Russia
Over the weekend, the military committee of the NATO alliance met to plot the next stage in its war against Russia, with the alliance’s top military policy-maker calling for Ukraine…
Authorizing NATO weapons strikes in Russia, US prepares major escalation of global war
The United States and the UK are preparing to announce imminently that they will facilitate Ukraine firing NATO weapons deep into Russian territory, in the greatest escalation of the war…
US, UK to announce expansion of NATO weapons strikes inside Russia
The United States and United Kingdom will imminently announce a major expansion of Ukrainian strikes deep inside Russia using NATO weapons, the Guardian and Politico reported on Wednesday. The announcement will come just days…
Victoria Nuland Appears to Confirm Key Moment When Peace Deal Was Scuttled in Ukraine
Relitigating these details two years later cannot be dismissed as an exercise in political archeology. More than two years later, the war drags on with no end in sight. Victoria…
Bypassing Sanctions: Russia, Trade Routes and Outfoxing the West
Invention is the mother of necessity, and Russia’s response to largely Western-imposed economic and trade sanctions has shown the extent of that inventiveness. While enduring attritive punishment in its Ukraine…
Proxy War in Reverse—Client and Proxy States Can Also Try to Use Big Powers to Serve Their Interests
Big powers have often tried to use smaller countries to fight their wars against other countries, particularly against other big powers. The widespread prevalence of such proxy wars is well-recognized.…
Zelensky’s discontent with India over its Ukraine stance spills over
The seven-hour visit to Kiev by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week turned out to be an anti-climactic event. The euphoric build-up by India’s corporate media was unprecedented — perhaps, taking their…
Ukraine-Russia War is Like Two Brothers Fighting to Bleed Each Other Just to Satisfy the Ambition of Someone Else
When two brothers are fighting and hurting each other very badly just to advance the ambitions of a third party, what is the best possible advice for them? Clearly it…
Geopolitics of Natural Resources and the Ukraine Conflict
Geopolitics is an approach to politics that stresses the features imposed on foreign policy by geographical location, environment, and natural resources. Geopolitics as a discipline contributes to the emphasis on…
Another Ukraine Summit so soon will be Wasteful, but India Can Help the Peace Process in Other Ways
Following the visit of India’s Prime Minister to Ukraine, there is ongoing discussion about whether India will be involved more actively in peace efforts, perhaps even in a peace summit.…
Ukraine’s Hiroshima Moment is Drawing Closer
In August 1945, the US atom bombed the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Since then, nuclear weapons have never been used in conflict. That may soon change as Ukraine…
Calls for UK and US to authorise Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles against Russia
The Ukrainian offensive into the Russian border regions of Kursk and Belgorod has prompted open discussion in British ruling circles on giving permission for the Zelensky regime to use long-range…
Can the Two Biggest Ongoing Conflicts in the World Get Linked to Each Other, and with What Consequences?
At a time of very serious and increasing environmental problems calling for increasing international cooperation to resolve them, unfortunately the reverse is happening and there are about 56 ongoing conflicts…
US has Ukraine’s back in Kursk incursion
As the Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region rolls on, war conditions have appeared in Russia for the first time since the Second World War. It is a stunning experience…
Challenging times for the Peace movement
The news that there is fire in the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine has sent ripples in the minds of people around the globe. Even though no radiation leak has…
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